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2 unusual facts about Government Accountability Office


JB Carlson

On Thursday, July 22, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission called for tighter federal regulation of the life-insurance secondary market while a Government Accountability Office report cited inconsistencies in regulation across states.

Richard Barlow

A final investigation by Congress' own Government Accountability Office was completed in 1997 and "largely vindicated" Barlow, who had his security clearance restored.


Antideficiency Act

The Government Accountability Office, inspectors general, and individual agencies investigate potential violations of the Antideficiency Act every year.

Elizabeth Mays

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mays worked as a government economist in Washington specializing financial institutions, first at the Government Accountability Office, and later at the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

The federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress.

Rural health clinic

The Government Accountability Office and the HHS Office of the Inspector General both released studies that showed that RHC status was being used by non-rural clinics to retain enhanced reimbursement.

Winslow T. Wheeler

From 1971 to 2002, Wheeler worked on national security issues for members of the United States Senate and for the Government Accountability Office (GAO): In the Senate, Jacob K. Javits (R, NY), Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R, KS), David Pryor (D, AR), and Pete Domenici (R, NM).


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Society for Women's Health Research

They worked with the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, its Executive Director - Leslie Primer, and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) to persuade the General Accounting Office (GAO; now the Government Accountability Office) to address the issue.